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March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 277 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
  • 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
  • 1461Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.[1]
  • 1500Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
  • 1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
  • 1632Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
  • 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
  • 1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
  • 1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
  • 1831Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
  • 1847Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
  • 1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
  • 1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
  • 1865American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • 1867Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
  • 1871Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
  • 1879Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
  • 1882 – The Knights of Columbus is established.
  • 1886John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • 1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • 1927Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.[2]
  • 1930Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
  • 1936 – Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
  • 1941 – The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
  • 1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
  • 1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
  • 1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
  • 1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
  • 1946Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
  • 1947Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
  • 1951Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
  • 1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
  • 1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
  • 1962Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​12 day constitutional crisis.
  • 1971My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
  • 1973Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
  • 1973 – Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
  • 1974NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
  • 1974 – Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
  • 1982 – The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
  • 1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
  • 1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • 1993Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
  • 1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
  • 1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
  • 2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
  • 2004Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
  • 2010 – Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
  • 2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • 2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

Births[]

  • 1001Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (d. 1044)
  • 1187Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
  • 1373Marie d'Alençon, French princess (d. 1417)
  • 1517Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal (d. 1561)
  • 1553Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1614)
  • 1561Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (d. 1636)
  • 1584Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (d. 1648)
  • 1602John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (d. 1675)
  • 1620Edward Digges, English barrister and colonist
  • 1629Alexis of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1676)
  • 1713John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
  • 1735Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (d. 1787)
  • 1747Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer (d. 1822)
  • 1769Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (d. 1851)
  • 1780Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer (d. 1841)
  • 1790John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
  • 1799Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
  • 1802Johann Moritz Rugendas, German landscape painter of Spanish America (d. 1858)
  • 181610th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
  • 1824Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)
  • 1826Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
  • 1862Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (d. 1947)
  • 1863Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1943)
  • 1867Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
  • 1869Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (d. 1943)
  • 1869 – Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect (d. 1944)
  • 1870Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (d. 1904)
  • 1871Tom Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1939)
  • 1872Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1953)
  • 1873Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
  • 1874Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
  • 1876Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (d. 1908)
  • 1884Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1965)
  • 1885Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet (d. 1936)
  • 1888Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante (d. 1963)
  • 1889Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
  • 1889 – Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor (d. 1968)
  • 1890Bert Bliss, English international footballer, inside forward (d. 1968)[3]
  • 1891Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright (d. 1950)
  • 1891 – Alfred Neubauer, Austrian race car driver and manager (d. 1980)
  • 1892József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
  • 1893Astrid Holm, Danish actress (d. 1961)
  • 1895Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and author (d. 1998)
  • 1896Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (d. 1962)
  • 1899Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
  • 1900Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974)
  • 1900 – John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
  • 1902Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
  • 1902 – Don Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1979)
  • 1902 – William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
  • 1903Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1999)
  • 1906James Bausch, American decathlete and football player (d. 1974)
  • 1907Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
  • 1908Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
  • 1908 – Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
  • 1909Moon Mullican, American country and western singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967)
  • 1912Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)
  • 1914Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
  • 1914 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
  • 1916Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1916 – Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
  • 1917Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008)[4]
  • 1918Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)[5]
  • 1918 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
  • 1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
  • 1919Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
  • 1920John M. Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
  • 1920 – Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1920 – Pierre Moinot, French author (d. 2007)
  • 1920 – Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
  • 1921Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2011)
  • 1923Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
  • 1923 – Bob Haymes, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989)
  • 1926Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012)
  • 1927John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer (d. 2016)
  • 1927 – John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
  • 1928Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Keith Botsford, Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Vincent Gigante, American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)
  • 1929Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1929 – Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
  • 1929 – Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
  • 1929 – Utpal Dutt, Indian Bengali actor, director and playwright (d. 1993)
  • 1930Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius
  • 1931Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
  • 1931 – Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)
  • 1931 – Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2015)
  • 1931 – Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • 1933Jacques Brault, Canadian poet and academic
  • 1934Shahryar Khan, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat, 20th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
  • 1936Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and educator (d. 2012)
  • 1936 – Mogens Camre, Danish politician (d. 2016)
  • 1936 – John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1936 – Judith Guest, American author and screenwriter
  • 1936 – Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
  • 1937Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
  • 1937 – Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
  • 1937 – Gordon Milne, English footballer
  • 1938Bert de Vries, Dutch politician
  • 1939Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2008)
  • 1939 – Terence Hill, Italian actor, director, and producer
  • 1939 – Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
  • 1940Ray Davis, American bass singer (d. 2005)
  • 1940 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 1940 – John Suchet, English journalist and game show host
  • 1941Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1942Bob Lurtsema, American football player
  • 1942 – Scott Wilson, American actor (d. 2018)
  • 1943Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter
  • 1943 – Chad Allan, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1943 – Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
  • 1943 – John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • 1944Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1944 – Denny McLain, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1944 – Lynne Segal, Australian-British feminist academic and activist
  • 1945Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1945 – Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2002)
  • 1946Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1946 – Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (d. 2017)
  • 1947Inge Bödding, German sprinter
  • 1947 – Robert Gordon, American singer and actor
  • 1947 – Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter
  • 1948Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger
  • 1949Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
  • 1949 – Dave Greenfield, English musician (d. 2020)
  • 1949 – Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
  • 1949 – Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
  • 1951William Clarke, American harmonica player (d. 1996)
  • 1951 – Geoff Howarth, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1951 – Tina Monzon-Palma, Filipino journalist
  • 1952Rainer Bonhof, German footballer
  • 1952 – Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby player and coach
  • 1952 – John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
  • 1952 – Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (d. 2012)
  • 1953Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
  • 1955Earl Campbell, American football player
  • 1955 – Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
  • 1955 – Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
  • 1956Patty Donahue, American singer (d. 1996)
  • 1957Elizabeth Hand, American author
  • 1957 – Christopher Lambert, American-born French actor
  • 1958Pedro Bial, Brazilian journalist and producer
  • 1958 – Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
  • 1958 – Nouriel Roubini, Turkish-American economist and academic
  • 1958 – Victor Salva, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Marc Silvestri, American publisher, founded Top Cow Productions
  • 1959Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
  • 1959 – Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter
  • 1959 – Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
  • 1960Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1961Gary Brabham, English-Australian race car driver
  • 1961 – Mike Kingery, American baseball player
  • 1961 – Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
  • 1961 – Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
  • 1962Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
  • 1962 – Ted Failon, Filipino journalist and politician
  • 1962 – Kirk Triplett, American golfer
  • 1964Catherine Cortez Masto, American attorney and politician
  • 1964 – Jill Goodacre, American model and actress
  • 1964 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
  • 1964 – Ming Tsai, American chef and television host
  • 1965Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2005)
  • 1965 – William Oefelein, American commander, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1965 – Voula Patoulidou, Greek hurdler, long jumper, and politician
  • 1966Krasimir Balakov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
  • 1966 – Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch politician
  • 1966 – Eric Gunderson, American baseball player
  • 1966 – Sigrid Kirchmann, Austrian high jumper
  • 1967Ainars Bagatskis, Latvian basketball player and coach
  • 1967 – Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1967 – Brian Jordan, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1968Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
  • 1969Kim Batten, American hurdler
  • 1969 – Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician
  • 1969 – Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach
  • 1971Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
  • 1971 – Lara Logan, South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent
  • 1971 – Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
  • 1972Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
  • 1972 – Piet-Hein Geeris, Dutch field hockey player
  • 1972 – Alex Ochoa, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
  • 1972 – Priti Patel, British Indian politician, Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • 1973Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer and coach
  • 1973 – Sebastiano Siviglia, Italian footballer
  • 1973 – Steve Smith, English high jumper
  • 1974Miguel Gómez, Colombian-American photographer and educator
  • 1976Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
  • 1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
  • 1978Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
  • 1980Bill Demong, American skier
  • 1980 – Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1981Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2018)
  • 1982Jēkabs Rēdlihs, Latvian ice hockey player
  • 1983Darius Draudvila, Lithuanian decathlete
  • 1984Juan Mónaco, Argentinian tennis player
  • 1985Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan international footballer, central defender[6]
  • 1985 – Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Mickey Pimentel, American football player
  • 1986Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
  • 1986 – Ivan Ukhov, Russian high jumper
  • 1987Gianluca Freddi, Italian footballer
  • 1987 – Dimitri Payet, French footballer
  • 1987 – Romain Hamouma, French footballer
  • 1988Esther Cremer, German runner
  • 1988 – Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
  • 1988 – Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
  • 1989James Tomkins, English footballer
  • 1990Carlos Peña, Mexican footballer
  • 1990 – Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
  • 1990 – Lyle Taylor, English footballer[7]
  • 1991Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host
  • 1991 – Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
  • 1991 – N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
  • 1993Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer[8]

Deaths[]

  • 87 BCEmperor Wu of Han of China (b. 157 BC)
  • AD 57Emperor Guangwu of Han (b. 5 BC)
  • 500Gwynllyw, Welsh king and religious figure
  • 1058Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
  • 1075Ottokar I of Styria, German noble
  • 1368Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328)
  • 1461Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
  • 1461 – Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
  • 1467Matthew Palaiologos Asen, Byzantine aristocrat and official
  • 1578Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1527)
  • 1578 – Arthur Champernowne, English admiral and politician (b. 1524)
  • 1628Tobias Matthew, English archbishop and academic (b. 1546)
  • 1629Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
  • 1692Nicolaus Bruhns, Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
  • 1703George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, (b. 1678)
  • 1751Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
  • 1772Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
  • 1788Charles Wesley, English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
  • 1792Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
  • 1800Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
  • 1803Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian librarian and diplomat (b. 1733)
  • 1826Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
  • 1829Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
  • 1848John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
  • 1855Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
  • 1873Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
  • 1877Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
  • 1888Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
  • 1891John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
  • 1891 – Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
  • 1900Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
  • 1905William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
  • 1906Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
  • 1911Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
  • 1912Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
  • 1912 – Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
  • 1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
  • 1924Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
  • 1934Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
  • 1937Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
  • 1940Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
  • 1948Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
  • 1957Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
  • 1959Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
  • 1963Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
  • 1963 – August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
  • 1970Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
  • 1971Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
  • 1972J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
  • 1980Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
  • 1981Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
  • 1982Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
  • 1982 – Carl Orff, German composer and educator (b. 1895)
  • 1982 – Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (b. 1897)
  • 1985Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
  • 1988Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
  • 1988 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
  • 1991Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928)
  • 1992Paul Henreid, American actor (b. 1908)
  • 1994Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 1995Mort Meskin, American illustrator (b. 1916)
  • 1995 – Terry Moore, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
  • 1996Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 1996 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
  • 1997Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
  • 1999Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
  • 1999 – Joe Williams, American jazz singer (b. 1918)
  • 2001Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
  • 2001 – John Lewis, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
  • 2003Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
  • 2004Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero (b. 1905)[9]
  • 2004 – Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
  • 2005Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
  • 2006Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
  • 2007Larry L'Estrange, English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)
  • 2009Vladimir Fedotov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
  • 2009 – Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
  • 2011Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
  • 2011 – Iakovos Kambanellis, Greek author, poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
  • 2012Pap Cheyassin Secka, Gambian lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
  • 2012 – Bill Jenkins, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1930)
  • 2013Reginald Gray, Irish-French painter (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Brian Huggins, English-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1931)
  • 2013 – Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
  • 2013 – Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
  • 2013 – Art Phillips, Canadian businessman and politician, 32nd Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1930)
  • 2014Marc Platt, American actor and dancer (b. 1913)
  • 2014 – Ruth A. M. Schmidt, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1916)
  • 2015William Delafield Cook, Australian-English painter (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Gerry Hardstaff, English cricketer (b. 1940)
  • 2016Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
  • 2017Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist (b. 1928)
  • 2019Agnès Varda, French film director (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Berthold
    • Eustace of Luxeuil
    • Gwladys
    • Gwynllyw
    • Hans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)
    • John Keble (commemoration, Anglicanism)
    • March 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Earliest day on which the Octave Day of Easter can fall, while May 2 is the latest; observed on the Sunday after Easter. (Christianity)
  • Boganda Day (Central African Republic)
  • Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (Madagascar)
  • National Vietnam War Veterans Day (United States of America)
  • Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)
  • Youth Day (Taiwan)

References[]

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